can't seem to kick it

Searcher2

Sorry to post - given that as a non-smoker a previous poster said only ex smokers and smokers should post.... But the shock tactics on the link of a previous post did not have the same affect on me as actually seeing the real lungs of a smoker and non-smoker (preserved of course in a glass case!). I don't know how anyone can smoke after seeing something like that! If you fancied that I would guess your doctor or some of the numbers above should be able to locate somewhere where you could have a viewing.

julybride

I'm still a smoker until Monday when i attempt to give up. My hubby gave up a few years ago and his advice includes.

don't kick yourself if you slip up becuase you'll end up starting again
change routines so that you know trigger you lighting up i.e. chatting on the phone, or change the drink you drink in the pub.

Good luck I'll be think ing of you as I try to kick the habit too...

oh and was told to write on my bathroom and bedroom mirror and other places you look a lot what you are aiming for so for me its a new kitchen.

Scarlett1

well done on you're great news poppyscorner :T

I was smoking when I fell pregnant and planned to give up straight away, I didnt need help in doing so cause I woke up the next morning smelling smoke and had my head down the toilet heaving

Dora_the_Explorer_5

You'll probably know that the first 72 hours are the worst and after that it gets easier. Treat it like a serious drug addiction.
Why not try stopping Friday tea time, get your OH's commitment to be right next to every single second until Monday morning to stop you smoking, including chaining you to a radiator. It's called tough love - is he up to it?
You'll be able to come up with a million excuses as to why this won't work. That's what junkies do.
You could also try some aversion therapy. Surf the net and price up baby coffins, the cost of bringing up a child with learning difficulties, your future career disappearing in a puff of smoke because you've had a stroke, because if you don't stop and your baby suffers how will you ever kow it wasn't caused by your fags.
All this might seem like a very harsh post, but it reflects what can happen. Good luck, you can stop if you really want to. If you don't really want to, you won't.

Fran

Good Luck. :beer:

Jay-Jay_4

In the meantime, until you stop for good, be very conscious of how you smoke. Sit down to smoke, do so slowly and count how many times to put the cigarette to your mouth. This is a number that you can reduce until you stop for good, it's a damage limitation tactic because each inhalation IS damaging to your baby.

Each time you inhale the cocktail of chemicals in a cigarette your blood pressure increases and those toxins are absorbed into your bloodstream. As your heart pumps the toxins around they pass to the baby's placenta and into your baby's bloodstream. As the placenta is being flooded with toxins, the baby is actually being starved of oxygen, just like if you held a cloth over a newborn baby's mouth. Each and every one of your cigarettes is making your baby unwell for a period of time.

I'm an ex smoker btw x

rchddap1

Firstly I'm not a smoker and nor will I ever be. But for what its worth here is my tale.

I am pregnant at the moment....and when I told my OH he started smoking again. Not a lot....but he did start again. He had good reasons for this, but still I wish that he hadn't. The reasons involved two 'failed' pregnancies (not with me I might add) and of course he was scared that the same was going to happen again. Whenever he lit up I would walk away because as said above it is not good for the baby and I didn't want to take any risks.

I am now half way through the pregnancy and am very proud to say that he bit the bullet, took the bull by the horns and has stopped again. I know that it is very hard to stop smoking, as I have watched my partner go through the process a few times now. But I also know, that if you are determined to stop that you can do so.

Good luck with your efforts.

funky-footprints

I was lucky, I stopped as soon as i found out i was pg with my son ...after 2 losses before him i convinced myself i had to. It wasnt even a case of I cant do it ..... I HAD TO !! Some of my office collegues were smoking, and so i got them on my side .... socially i stopped going out with my smoking friends and stopped putting myself in situations where i found i desired a ciggie. my dh never let me smoke in his/our house anycase, and it isnt much fun having one in the rain ! I cleared my bags and office desk of packets and lighters and went for it. Its quite easy when you are pg to take a step back anycase ? ? it was as easy as that. Do you smoke in front of your child ( i think you have one?) ? that is something i could never imagine doing so it made the challenge that much easier.

my shock therapy one ... you did ask .....
My father in law has had a quadruple heart by pass, despite surgeons and his nurses at diabetic clinic giving him various warnings of life expectancy he stills smokes like a trooper.
When i found out he was smoking in my garden on the weekend ..i totally flipped and have given him one final warning ..next time he is hospitalised with anjina or his diabetes which are both out of control I wont be answering his pleads to see his grandchildren, Im not taking my kids into to see him ...he can suffer alone. Why should they have lasting memories of him in a hospital bed ? His quadruple heart bypass should of been enough of a warning !!! i honestly think he is a selfish selfish man, he wont quit for his wife, 2 sons or grandchildren, he says he enjoys smoking too much.


good luck ..i do sympathise .. please dont put yourself in my father in laws book.

black-saturn

I stopped smoking 7 weeks ago but I can't really give you any advice as I didn't experience any cravings at all. I havn't missed it at all.

seven-day-weekend

Congratulations on your pregnancy. Asfor the smoking, as others have said, take it a bit at a time. Don't allow others to smoke around you (even if it's you that has to leave the room). Try and imagine your baby smoking. Eat more if you need to.

I have been a non-smoker for 15 years after numerous failed attempts to quit.